BackTrack Firefox
Of course for web browsing BT includes Firefox.

One of the bookmarks takes you to this Exploit Database, which is filled with a list of submitted and gathered exploits so that a tester can see if these are vulnerabilities in the network, and for other purposes.

NoScript is installed by default, and can be seen in action.

BackTrack EtherApe
Etherape is a program that can monitor accesses to remote servers, as well as packet transfer.
Running as root can allow you to do much more.

BackTrack AiroScript
Airoscript allows you to open a wireless connection and run penetration tests through this network.
This of course will disrupt anything that is going through that particular interface, and the "guide" warns of this.

BackTrack XTop
And finally, XTop is an in-depth performance monitoring program. Why don't you look at the screenshot and see for yourself what it does?

No conclusion is made here, because one simply isn't needed.

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